Best suited to experienced sales professionals with technical acumen working in financial services or billing software.
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Original posting from Stripe
Who we are
About Stripe
Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies from the world's largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.
About the team
Product Sales is a team of functional and technical specialists who both lead and advise on deals for the most strategically important products in Stripe’s portfolio. Revenue suite Product Sales is tasked with attacking a $100B market opportunity for back office finance automation across billing, tax, revenue reporting, and data.
What you’ll do
As a Billing Account Executive at Stripe, you'll use your sales and product expertise to help drive growth through new and existing Stripe customers. You'll collaborate with the core sales, marketing, product marketing, and product teams to develop deep product and industry knowledge and drive strategic deals. You'll lead in-depth product discussions with existing and prospective customers and build and execute against our go-to-market strategy.
Responsibilities
Drive revenue to achieve and overperform on targets
Lead new sales and upsell conversations of Stripe for existing and prospective customers
Drive strategic thought leadership within assigned territory to ensure user success and revenue growth
Understand the sales process and competitors for Stripe, including software, hardware, and payments
Serve as both an internal and customer-facing expert on Stripe, especially for your specialized products
Synthesize and relay customer feedback and our findings to inform Stripe's product roadmap
Engage with Product, Marketing, and User Operations teams to help amplify our growth trajectory
Who you are
You're an adept salesperson, capable of engaging in business-level and technical conversations at multiple levels of the organization, including CEO, CFO, and CTO. You're used to building value in competitive situations and enjoy working on products that require deep product understanding, combined with technical knowledge. You're as comfortable working with clients as with internal stakeholders (including executives). You're excited to become an expert and to share your knowledge. You're an organized self-starter, an excellent communicator who is detail-oriented and has a track record for improving the processes and organizations around you.
Minimum requirements
8+ years of sales or prospecting experience at a technology company and a track record of top performance
Owning a direct sales quota, with direct sales experience closing new business and expanding existing users
A proven ability to build strong collaborative working relationships with business partners
The ability to deal with ambiguity and thrive in an unstructured, fast-moving environment
A proven ability to be a self-starter capable of driving business results without significant supervision
Fluent in written and spoken Japanese as this role will work closely with Japanese users and businesses
Preferred qualifications
5+ years of experience selling financial services or similar software
Experience in selling billing solutions
Proven ability to sell in a fast-paced environment
Source: Stripe careers